WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission has recently made public its
final action on four matters previously under review (MURs). This release
contains only disposition information.

Specific released documents placed
on the public record within the following closed MURs are cited following
DISPOSITION heading. Release of these documents is consistent with the
district court opinion in the December 19, 2001, decision of AFL-CIO v. FEC.

General Counsel's Report
(dated September 3, 2003); certification of vote by Commissioners (date
September 8, 2003)

*There are four administrative stages to the FEC enforcement process:

1. Receipt of proper complaint

3. "Probable cause" stage

2. "Reason to believe" stage

4. Conciliation stage

It requires the votes of at least four of the six Commissioners to take
any action. The FEC can close a case at any point after reviewing a
complaint. If a violation is found and conciliation cannot be reached, then
the FEC can institute a civil court action against a respondent.